lickety-split

英 ['likəti'split] 美
  • adv. 极快地;全速地

中文词源


lickety-split 立即

lickety,舔,俚语义舔一下的时间,快速,split,劈开。比较汉语刹那。

英文词源


lickety-split (adj.)
1852, American English (earlier lickety-cut, lickety-click, and simply licketie, 1817), from lick (n.1) in dialectal sense "very fast sprint in a race" (1809) on the notion of a "lick" as a fast thing (compare blink).

双语例句


1. The trucks sang " lickety - lick , lickety - lick " as the train ran through the factory district.
列车经过工厂区时,卡车发出咔嗒 、 咔 嗒的有节奏的声音.

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